2 Samuel 2:18
Context2:18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there – Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)
Proverbs 6:5
Context6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, 1
and like a bird from the trap 2 of the fowler.
The Song of Songs 8:14
ContextThe Beloved to Her Lover:
8:14 Make haste, my beloved!
Be like a gazelle or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
[6:5] 1 tn Heb “from the hand.” Most translations supply “of the hunter.” The word “hand” can signify power, control; so the meaning is that of a gazelle freeing itself from a snare or a trap that a hunter set.
[6:5] 2 tc Heb “hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some